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June 7, 2008

Content is King


Sometimes I think we forget this. Although I’ve spent the last two years demonstrating ways to improve imagery, sound, editing, color, and so on, the most important thing to remember is that “content is king.”

This video has been viewed more than 30 million times. It’s not because of the lighting. It’s because of the content.

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November 21, 2007

Apple’s Clever New Online Ad

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October 14, 2007

The Onion’s Excellent New Video


Proposed (Classified) Bill Will Defend Against Flesh-Eating (Classified)

I’ve been a fan of The Onion for a long time. Every once in a while, they put out a video that rises above their normal brilliance. This is such a video. Their high production value adds to the humor. I literally laughed aloud.

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September 24, 2007

Bill Murray in a short film? Released only on the internet, and it’s free?

Very good short film. Several funny parts. Great energy. Great characters. You need to see this.

FCU with Bill Murray

Via Steve Garfield

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July 10, 2007

Off topic, but it made me laugh

Okay, I usually try to post video-related info. This time I’m just posting a funny video which a friend sent me.

For some reason, this really tickled my funny bone. Enjoy!

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March 24, 2007

An interesting idea: Take a narrator, which is a classic tool, and put a little spin on it.

Virb has some pretty good video clips.

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February 22, 2007

Single Frame Animation

This video is a great example of single frame animation.

Also, imagine how much of the overall effect would be lost without the sound effects!

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February 11, 2007

Wedding Thriller Dance

You’ve probably never seen a wedding video like this before!

Make sure you keep watching until they start dancing…

What a great idea! Although … I can’t help but wonder how they did the dance practice while also prepping for the wedding.

via Calacanis.

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You can also watch free samples here.

February 2, 2007

Capturing Raw Emotion

Candid video can be entertaining because of the raw emotion you sometimes get.

I love what Josh Leo does as he proposes to his girlfriend. It’s funny and moving. As an audience, we see the raw authentic emotion.

It’s hard to get this type of thing in a studio environment!

By the way, congratulations, Josh, on your recent engagement.

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You can also watch free samples here.

January 31, 2007

Wild Person in the Izzy Video Audience!

This guy - we’ll call him Joe (because that’s his name) - is part of the Izzy Video audience. After receiving a message from him, I went to his site, saw the opening video, died laughing, showed it to Noell, and she died laughing too.

This sort of reminds me of Jack Black craziness!

Welcome, Joe, to Izzy Video, where we can help you improve the cinematography of your wild antics.

Heh.

:-)

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